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Great Britain: at least 1.4 million workers with a zero-hours contract
Once again, official statistics on the controversial zero-hours contracts - which guarantee no pay or working hours - have been revised upward. Unions are talking about “abuse” becoming the norm...
30 April 2014
United States: UAW and IndustriALL unions mobilize OECD procedure on guidelines in its dispute against Nissan regarding the freedom to organize
To get out of the deadlock with Nissan and maybe one day organize the group’s plant in Canton, Mississippi, the United Auto Workers have joined forces with IndustriALL, the global union, and...
30 April 2014
Denmark: vocational training turns the characteristics of a certain form of autism into an assets for the IT industry
Autistic youngsters with the Asperger syndrome are increasingly sought after in the information technology sector because of their specific skills. An original training model set up in 2005...
29 April 2014
Portugal: new independent union for call-centers
The primary objective of the newly created national call centers union is to combat precariousness. The new union claims its independence from the CGTP and UGT federations that traditionally...
28 April 2014
Netherlands: wages falling and inequalities rising
Two profound analyses of wages and income in the Netherlands sketch out an alarming picture of the impact of the crisis. Wages decreased by 6% in 2013 compared to 2012 (the IT and financial...
28 April 2014
United States: Boeing to pay $47m in compensation to nearly 500 California workers for refusing them the benefits of the collective agreement signed with the SPEEA union
That's what Boeing is about to give to 500 current and former workers in southern California, at the end of a 13-year procedure.
25 April 2014
Italy: magistrates and labor attorneys denounce the counterproductive effects of the special procedure for layoff related disputes introduced with the 2012 reform
The objectives of the 2012 labor reform – solving layoff related disputes faster – have apparently not been met. On the contrary, concerns regarding the new provision have led to reductions in...
24 April 2014
Germany: IG Metall and IG BCE unions comfort their positions at works councils elections
On April 24, the IG-Metall metalworkers’ union and the IG BCE chemistry union presented an interim report of the elections for the works councils’ representatives, which started on March 1...
24 April 2014
United States: UAW gives up fighting at Volkswagen’s Tennessee site
The United Auto Workers’ union has permanently given up the fight at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant. The union claims the limitations of American labor law are making it useless to launch a...
22 April 2014
Great Britain: more unrest in the construction industry, this time coming from bogus self-employed workers employed by labour agencies
Some 200,000 construction workers are believed to be employed on bogus self-employment contracts through labour agencies. Following a measure toughening controls over bogus self-employment by the...
18 April 2014
Brazil: CUT signs first national company agreement in the metal industry
The first company agreement of national coverage in the Brazilian metal industry was signed on April 16 by the metalworkers’ union (CNM), affiliated with the Unified Workers' Central (CUT), the...
18 April 2014
Brazil: three orange juice majors sentenced to pay €36.7 million for subcontracting fraud
On March 31, three orange juice majors were sentenced to pay a fine amounting to BRL 110 million (€36.7m) for subcontracting fraud. In addition to Cutrale and Fischer, two Brazilian companies...
17 April 2014
Luxembourg: temporary work agreements renewed
On March 28, the social partners in Luxembourg’s temporary work industry renewed two collective agreements: that on agency workers and that on permanent employees in temporary work agencies. The...
17 April 2014
United States: United Auto Workers reach beyond the auto sphere
The United Auto Workers (UAW) managed to increase their membership. They completed 2013 with 391,415 members, i.e. 9,000 more than in 2012 and nearly 15,000 more than in 2010. Why this upsurge? ...
17 April 2014
Austria: tight negotiations around the daily working time reform
In their government agreement negotiated after the national election at the end of 2013, the parties of the coalition in power in Vienna have decided to implement a major working time reform. Its...
16 April 2014
Germany: because of the constant erosion of apprenticeship, all parties question the passion for the university path
According to the 2014 report on vocational training presented last week, the vocational training system is still eroding. In 2013, 33,500 places remained vacant and 83,000 youngsters looking for...
15 April 2014
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026